Fables, Fables, FABLES!!!!

The Dog in the Food Basket

A dog looking for a quiet and comfortable place to take a nap jumped into the food basket of ox and laid there.

Later the ox, returning hungry from his day's work, entered and found the dog in his food basket. The dog, in a rage because he had been awakened from his nap, stood up and barked and snapped whenever the ox came near his food.

The ox is a patient beast, but got tired of waiting and said, : "Dog, if you wanted to eat my dinner i would have let you. But you will not eat it or let me enjoy and eat it which is a very rude way to act."

Lesson: Some people envy others for what they cannot enjoy themselves.

A wolf had been hiding near a group of sheep for several days. But the shepherd who protects his sheep was always on guard, protecting his sheep. The wolf soon became desperate. Then one day the wolf found a sheepskin that had been thrown away. Quickly he slipped it on over his back and began to go toward the sheep. Even the shepherd was fooled by the trick, and when night came the wolf in his costume was in the group of sheep.But that night the shepherd was hungry and went down to grab a sheep to kill and eat. The shepherd grabbed the first sheep he saw and killed it. The shepherd was surprised that he had killed a wolf that was pretending to be a sheep. The shepherd learn his lesson and checked his sheep every night before bed to make sure there were no more wolfs in sheep's clothing.

Lesson: Appearances can be deceiving.

Wolf In Sheep's Clothing

The Gardener and His Dog

The gardener was getting water at the water well to water his garden plants. His dog was jumping and barking on the well curb until he lost his balance and fell in.

Hearing the splash, the gardener quickly took of his clothes and went inside the well to rescue his dog. Just as he was bringing the struggling and slippery animal to the top, the ungrateful dog bit his master's hand.

"Why, you little monster," shouted the gardener. "If that is how you thank me for feeding you, taking care of you, and loving you, then you pull yourself out of the well." He dropped the dog right back into the well again.

Lesson: Don't bite the hand that feeds you! Don't be mean to those that love you and take care of you.